The Brakes have signed with Hyena records and will release their debut album, Tale of Two Cities, on May 6. As previously reported, the longtime Relix favorites, who were profiled in Jambands.com’s New Groove of the Month section, recorded their first album at New York’s Knitting Factory and Philadelphia’s Milkboy Coffee throughout the spring of 2007. The album will feature the tracks “Into The Ground,” “Supermarket,” “Big Money,” “Cigarette in the Rain,” “Tale of Two Cities,” “State of the Union,” “Empty House,” “Danger Blues,” “Boat Trip,” “Song of Imponderables,” “Who am I to be” and “Sister Mary.” A handful of tracks are also currently streaming on The Brakes’ official homepage. The group will celebrate the album’s release by playing a series of shows with Jackie Greene and the Mother Hips’ Tim Bluhm, stretching from a April 29 appearance at New York’s Highline Ballroom to a May 2 stop at Towson, MD’s Recher Theatre.